Prosthesis Brain to Computer Interface

More medical prosthesis news. Roland Piquepaille writes, "You
probably remember the story which surfaced in May 2005 about monkeys
using robotic arms as their own. Now, according to
the ANBA press agency, Miguel Nicolelis, the professor of neurology
at Duke University who was behind the experiments with the monkeys,
wants to go further. He plans to install chips in humans' brains in
order to control prosthetic arms. Of course, there is still some work to
do with animals before this kind of surgery can be practiced on humans.
But the first surgery in the world to implant a neuro-prosthesis inside
a human being is expected to be performed in a Brazilian hospital by
2008." For more details on this development see Roland's latest blog entry.